Long-term production and profitability from grazing cattle in the northern mixed grass prairie

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-242

  Dunn, Barry H ^a   Smart, Alexander J ^b   Gates, Roger N ^b   Johnson, Patricia S ^b   Beutler, Martin K ^b   Diersen, Matthew A ^c   Janssen, Larry L ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c West River Ag Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

livestock grazing; profit; range condition; stocking rate; variable stocking

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRAIRIE; PROFITABILITY; RANCHING; RANGELAND; STOCKING DENSITY;

SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954547781     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/REM-D-09-00042.1     Document Type: Article

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